Fishing Reports

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My wife and I went to battle this past weekend, with some trophy fish on private water. We got a unique opportunity to catch a variety of species in one watershed. I had to prepare for a couple of days in advance knowing all of the different species of fish I would be targeting. I…

Had my parents up this past weekend to enjoy spring in the mountains. They wanted to do a short hike, so I suggested heading up into the Smokies to check out the Cataloochee Valley. Plus, I figured I might be able to bring the fly rod along and show everyone a wild trout. We hiked…

I’ve fished the French Broad River twice this week, Tuesday evening and Sunday afternoon. Overall, it’s been somewhat a tough bite with the water still stained and running good. (Might be other reasons for tough fishing, spawning? fronts? fishing pressure? river traffic? not sure really…) We have managed to put 6 smallies in the boat…

Had a blast taking a good friend out to fish the Pigeon River on Sunday 4-26-2015. We started catching them right off the bat in spots I’ve not caught fish before, and knew right away it was going to be a good day. We caught both largemouth and smallmouth bass, trout, and massive…

We decided to head to Tampa, Florida for Spring break and meet up with some fishing buddies. It was our first time fishing in the bay so we decided to take out one of the craziest and best local guides first. The first day on the bay we had tough fishing conditions but still managed…

Convinced my wife that our fishing plans needed a “Crossfit Challenge” so we headed to the White Community and newer public launch for Walter’s Lake (as the sign reads). I’ve heard this lake referred to as Blackwater Lake, Walter’s Lake, and on Google maps as Waterville Lake off Highway I-40W. The launch is interesting because…

I’ve been testing out some new baits recently the IMA Roumba and the Incredi -Slim by Culprit. They both have proven well on the French Broad river. The Incredi-slim rigged on a Arkie U-head jig has been a solid fish producer for me this year all over the state for Bass. (thats the setup hanging…

It was the last 70 degree day for the week, so right after work I headed for the river to float one of my favorite short runs on the French. I knew the fish would be active with the water temps approaching 60F. I managed one nice smallie and one rock bass that looked like…

Made a quick trip to the Little Tenn. river were it meets Lake Fontana yesterday after work. I fished from 4:45pm till dark and caught about 20 nice white bass on small crank-baits and on a pearl white grub/jig head. The river was little high and more stained than I would have liked. I didn’t…

Floated the Pigeon river today looking to snag a few nice smallies, but only found 4 little ones. But, we did hook up with three trophy largemouth river bass by surprise!!! They were all taken on the same finesse jig and plastic craw bait, dragged slowly on the bottom of deeper runs. The bream were…

Floated the French Broad river on Saturday, spent most of the morning looking for a musky, without a take. Did catch the first pig smallie of the day on a 6in. River2Sea S wave Rainbow Trout swimbait. Switched to fishing for smallies around 1ish and picked up another three quality fish by the time we…

Headed east (to Pittsboro) this weekend to work on a few modifications to a new fishing rig for mountain rivers. After getting my new boat looking good and making a quick test run in my sisters pond, we had a chance to do a little spring fishing at Jordan Lake. Decided to hit one of…

Fished in a small lake off 107 today. Caught one small rainbow on a fox spinner with a trailer. Lynae caught two nice trout, one wild looking rainbow and one nice brown at 13-14 in. She also missed the fish of the day that slammed her in-line spinner right next to the boat and started…

Had a great float on the Pigeon today with my wife Lynae!! We managed to float a 4 mile section and rarely touched by boaters, just the occasional bank fisher folks. Fishing was hot early, we did the best from 10am-11am for trout and caught a few bass later when the sun really got up…